Combined foot-rest and towel-rack.



PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907. F. H. PATRICK. COMBINED FOOT REST AND TOWELRACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2.1905.

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FRANK H. PATRICK, OF NORWICH, GONNEGTICUT.

GQMBBNED FOOT-REST AND TQWEL RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 22, 190-7.

Application filed August 2,1966. Serial No. 272,320.

T 0 all whmn, it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK H. PATRICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a CombinedFoot-Rest and Towel-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The chief object of this invention is to provide a convenient and cheapattachment for radiators that may serve the double purpose of foot-restand towel-rack, said device being so secured to the radiator that it maybe readily adjustable thereon.

My'invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a front side elevation of a steam-radiator having attachedthereto a foot-rest of my newly-improved form. Fig. 2 is an end view ofa similar radiator having two of my said devices mounted thereon, theupper one being shown in dotted lines and arranged to serve as atowel-rack, and the lower one to serve as a foot-rest. Fig. 3 is arelatively enlarged plan view of the foot-rest and of the bolts by meansof which said footrest is clamped to the radiator-pipes. Fig. 4 is afront side elevation of said foot-rest. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional viewof the same, taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the letter a indicates a radiator of thevertical-pi e type, and 1) indicates my newly-invented oot-rest andtowel-rack as a whole.

' The ioot-rest section is formed, preferably, as a cast-metal shell Zr,whose exposed face I), as here shown, is curved outwardly to provide asubstantial and convenient support for ones feet, and the back side orinner face of said foot-rest is formed with inwardlyprojecting slottedplates 6 My described device is secured to the radiator by means ofbolts 0, which are provided with T-shaped heads 0 of proper size to hookbehind the pipes of the radiator, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. The threadedend of bolt 0 extends outward through the slotted plates b in order thata nut (1 may be screwed thereupon. (See Figs. 3, 4, and 5.)

After having adjusted the foot-rest to the desired height it may besecurely clamped to the radiator by screwing the nuts (1 home, as willbe understood by reference to the drawings.

The .shell of the foot-rest section is provided with a plurality ofvertical slots 5 in which are loosely mounted bars e, of wood or thelike cheap and light material, that may serve as clothes-supporting barsor racks. (See Figs. 2 and 5.) The said bars are not secured within theshell of the foot-rest, but are held therein by contact with the lowerand upper end walls of the slots b said end walls being arranged indifferent vertical planes, or, in other words, they are offset from eachother, so that the bars 6 are held, ordinarily, in a horizontalposition, but may be readily removed from the slotted shell by slightlyraising the outer end of each bar and then drawing the bar out of itsslot.

When it is desired to utilize my described device as a foot-rest, it isclam ed to the radiator near the bottom of the latter, as seen in Fig. 1and also at the bottom of Fig. 2, the bars 6 being then removed. When itis desired to utilize said device as a towel-rack,

the shell is raised and clamped to the radiator near the top of thelatter, as indicated by dotted lines in said Fig. 2, and the bars e areplaced in the slots 5 It will thus be seen. that I provide in a single,simple, and inexpensive structure both a convenient form of foot-restand a useful form of towel-rack.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. A combined foot-restand towel-rack comprising a metallic shell having verticallydisposedslots and formed upon its inner face with. integral slotted platesprojecting toward each other, detachable towel-supportmg meanscooperating with said vei tic-allydisposed slot and means passed throughthe slots of said plates and adjustable therein and having heads toengage behind the pipes of a radiator.

2. A combined foot-rest and towel-rack comprising a shell havingvertically-disposed slots and inwardly-projecting slotted end plates,means adjustably engaged in the slots of said end plates to engage thepipes of a radiator and bars detachably engaged in the slots of theshell.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK H. PATRICK.

Witnesses.

FRANK ALLEN, MAY F. RITCHIE.

